Razor.



H. H. SIMMS.

RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1909.

Ll mm? Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedmari 3th fltllildr @riginal application filed April 17, 1909,serial No. t90,5%. Divided and this application filed September To allwhom it may concern:

Be it mown that l, HAROLD ll. Sunnis, of-

lltochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Razors; and l do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, and to the reference numerals marked thereon,

The'present invention relates to razors the subject matterof thisapplicatlon having been divided from an application. filed by me onApril 17, 1909, Serial No. 490,564.

The object of this invention is to prov de a safety razor of simpleconstruction having provision for stropping its blade wlthout removingthe latter from the holder which supports it during shaving.

To these and other ends the invention con-- sists in certainimprovements and combina-v tions of parts all as will be hereinaftermore fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claimsat the end of the specification.

in the drawings: Figure l shows an enlarged transverse section of oneembodiment of the razor; with the parts in shaving position; Fig. 2shows the same embodiment 1n an enlarged section longitudinally of theblade holder; and Fig. 3 is a side view of the razor with the parts inposition for stropping,

in the illustrated embodiment there is provided a blade holdercomprising a supporting member or plate l having blade positioning meansor pins 2 PITOjBOlilIl upwardly therefrom to pass through per oratlonsin a blade 3 which may have two longitudinally extending cutting edges,the blade being held to the supporting plate by any suitable retainingmeans. ln this instance the member or plate 4 engages the blade betweenits two cutting edges and is pivoted at one end as at 15 to thesupporting member toturn about an anis transverse to the cutting edgesof the blade, its other end being secured b a spring latch 6 preferablyintegral wit plate 4t and adapted to cooperate with the walls of arecess or opening 'l in a. proximate portion of the radar."

'lhe blade holder may be supported away i from its central portion sothat a strap or other sharpener may engage the ag- Serial No. 519,218.

a knurled end 12, the core being surrounded by a grip portion or sleeve13. Preferably the handle is secured to the frame to one side of thelongitudinal axis or length of a blade in the holden To this end theframe has means permitting the handle to be secured thereto so as to lieperpendicular to the length of the blade and also has ineans permittingthe handle to be secured thereto so as to lie parallel with the blade.These means are in this instance in'the form. of screw threaded portions14 and iii adated to be engaged by the threaded. end ll or the handle.When the handle is secured to the threaded portion ll the grip portion13 is engaged by a log or projection 16 which enters a notch in the gripportion and prevents the turning of the latter, time permitting thehandle to be utilized for operating the razor for shaving or stropping.@n the other hand when the handle engages the threaded portion 15 thegrip is free to rotate so that the blade holder may roch:

relatively thereto.

holder-with a double edged blade therein is caused to rest on astrop asshown in Fig. ll

the handle grip will lie below or to one side of the plane of the bladeso that the hand'of the user in moving the device baclr and forth a overthe strep will cause theopposite edges of the 'blade to shiftalternately and ante-- matically intoand out of cooperation with thestrop. @f course the blade edges are stropp'ed only on one side, but theother side may be stropped by reversing the po tionof the blade inthe'holder. i

The edges of the blade are preferably PM tected by two guards it? formedalong opposite edges of a guard frame 18" and each adapted to eodperatewith an edge of a blade in the holder. anathema its guards it wearablerelat yely' the'blade' lid lflltl Mill lllll holder in order to permit ablade in. the latter to be engaged by a strop. In this instance theguard frame is entirely detachable from the other parts of the razor andfor this purpose has interlocking engagement at one end with the frame 8as by a notch or recess 19 in the latter receiving a projection 20 onthe guard frame, while at the other end the guard frame carries a springlatch 21 having a deflected end 22 adapted to enter an opening 23 1n theplate to coiiperate with the inclined wall 24 of the latter. When thelatch is in engagement with the blade holder it tends to move the guardframe'toward the other end of the blade, thus firmly holding the guardframe against the frame 8 to prevent v1- brations during shaving. Apressure on the latch in the direction of the length of the guard framewill move the deflected end 22 so that it may enter or pass from theopening 28, while a pressure downwardly on projection 25 at the end'ofthe guard frame will carry the end 22 out of 25 engagement with the wall24. After the latch has been released from engagement with the bladeholder, the guard frame may be disengaged from the frame 8 to exposeboth edges of the blade. The blade may now be brought to a strop orother sharpener or the handle may be .first shifted to the threadedportion 15. In either instance the holder may be caused to rock so as topresent alternately opposite edges of the blade to the sharpener.

With a razor constructed in accordance with this invention the blade 7may be quickly stropped in the helder which is em-. ployed forsupporting the blade during shaving and the adjustments necessary tosecure these results are few and simple. The blade is rigidly held tothe supporting frame so it is possible to secure any pressure on itsedges tha-t may be desirable. $5 I claim as my invention:

1. In a safet razor, the combination with a double-edged blade, ingmember for sup ortin the doubleedged blade to expose both e ges, of aban- 0 dle having a connection with the'supporting member atone end onlyand symmetrica y arranged with relation to op osite sides of the member,a pair of guar for I 005 eration with the eriposed edges of the bla e,means for permitting the movement of the guards relatively to thesupporting member and .to the handle to carry the guards away from thedouble-edged blade while the latter is clamped to the blade sup:

W porting. member, and the blade to the bl said means being edective asclamping means when the wards are moved away from the su -means forclamping porting member.

$3 2,-Inasadety monthe combination c pi and a bladesu'pportads-supporting member,

and the a blade-supporting plate and a blade supported on said platewith its-opposite edges projecting from-opposite sides of the plate,

of a handle secured to one end only of the a double edged blade-betweenits two edges,

of a handle arranged symmetrically with relation to opposite sides ofthe holder and perpendicularly to the plane of said holder, a connectionbetween the .handle and the blade holder provided with a space beneaththe blade holder for the 'passa e of a sharpener, a pair of guards forthe lade edges, and means permitting. such guards to e moved relativelyto the holder and the handle to clear the space beneath the bladeholden. r i 4:- In a safety razor, the combination with a blade, ablade-su porting plate, and means for clamping t e blade against one"surface of such plate to cause the blade to project from opposite edgesof said plate, of a handle symmetrically arranged with relation to theopposite edges of said plate and also perpendicular to said'plateilarigid connection between the handle and t e late provided with a spaceon the side 0 the plate opposite the blade for the passage of asharpenena pair of guards, and means permitting said g'uards to be movedso that a sharpener may be passed through the space of the cormection.

5. In a safety razor, the combination with .a supporting plate, a blade,and means for the blade against, one side of the plate, of a uardarranged on the other side of the plate, a latch detachably securingsaid guard in position, and a handle secured to said su porting plateonly at one end of the latter in proximity to one end of the cuttingedge of the blade so that, when the guard is removed, the blade may bestropped. 6. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade holderhaving means for securir g a double edge blade while both edges, of ahandle secured to one end only ofsaid blade holder and arrangedsymmetrically with relation to opposite sides of said holder, a guardframe having guards on opposite sides for cooperation with the bladeedges and detachable from the holder handle, and a latch for securingthe guard. beneath the blade holder.

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from the holder and the handle, and means detachably securing said guardframe on the side of the supporting plate opposite that on which theblade is held.

8. In a safety razor, the combination with a supporting member,.adouble-edged blade supported by said member between its two, edges, anda handle having connection with one end only of the supporting member,of a guard frame having two guards each adapted to cooperate with anedge of the blade on the supporting member, means detachably-securingthe guard frame in cooperative relation with the blade, and means forclamping the blade to the supporting member, said means being efi'ectiveas a blade clamping means when the guard frame is detached from thedevice.

9. The combination witha blade holder ablade supporting plate, and meansfor till clamping the blade against the plate, of a frame for supportingthe same secured to the latter near one end only and having a space forthe passage of the strop opening at the other end of the holder, ahandlearranged on said frame perpendicular to the length of a blade in theholder, a guard for a blade in the holder and means permitting the guardto move relatively to the handle to expose the said blade for stropping.

10. The combination witha blade holder embodying a supporting plate andmeans for retaining a blade thereon, of a frame rigidly secured at oneend to the support ing plate and having a space below the latter onenintoward the opposite end for the passage 0 a strop, a handle arranged onthe frame perpendicular to the len h of a blade in the holder, a guardfor a lade in hit the holder and meanspermitting the guard to moverelatively to the handle to expose the blade for stropping,

11. The combination with a blade holder comprisin a supporting plate andmeans for clamping a blade to said late, a guard, and means permittingone of said parts to move bodily relatively to the other to permit theblade to be engaged by a strop, of a supporting frame for the bladeholder rigidly secured to the latter at one end only and having a spacebelow the blade holder opening at the other end of the latter, and ahandle secured to said frame perpendicular to the length of a blade inthe holder.

12. The combination with a blade holder, of a frame for supporting thesame having a spacev for the passage of a strep, a handle, meanspermitting the handle to be secured to the frame so that its length liestransverse to the length of a blade in the holder, and means permittingsaid handle to be secured to the frame so that its length lies parallelto the len h of a blade in the holder and a guar movable relatively tothe blade holder and the handle in both positions of the latter.

13. The combination with a blade holder embodying a supporting plate, adouldle edged blade, and means for clamping said blade on one vside ofthe plate to project from opposite sides of the plate, of a handlehaving connectiontwith one end only of-said plate, and a ard framemovably arranged on the other-side of said supporting plate and havingguards for cooperatingwith both edges of the blade.

- 14:. The combination with a blade holderfor a double edged bladecomprising a blade K

